empty recycle bin looks like it has contents

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Fix Recycle Bin icon

Here is the registry patch which will restore the functionality of the
Bin. Make the following, after - - start and before - - end into a
file by cut/paste to NotePad. Don't let lines wrap around, and make
sure there is a blank line at the end. Save as "Patch.reg" then
d-click on this file to enter it into the registry.

- - start
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]
@="Recycle Bin"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\InProcServer
32]
@="shell32.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\shell32.dll,32"
"Empty"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\shell32.dll,31"
"Full"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\shell32.dll,32"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:40,01,00,20

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\Cont
extMenuHandlers]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\Cont
extMenuHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\Prop
ertySheetHandlers]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\Prop
ertySheetHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]
@=""


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\Prop
ertySheetHandlers\{4d3744c0-7ec1-11d0-b599-10005a11ba95}]


- - end

Then make the following two lines into a file - say C:\recycled.txt

[.ShellClassInfo]
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

After that, go to a DOS prompt and give
CD \RECYCLED
DIR /A
and make sure that a file Desktop.ini is present. If not give
COPY C:\Recycled.txt Desktop.ini
ATTRIB +H +R +S Desktop.ini

The file is needed for Explorer view to display its content in a 'bin'
manner


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Alex Nichol MVP (DTS)
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"DianaH" <nuttin@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news%23fgHIuFFHA.3608@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> The recycle bin on a pc that I'm working on doesn't display an empty
recycle
> bin, when there's nothing in it.
> Is this a bug? My pc has an empty recycle bin when it's empty and it
shows
> a different icon when it has files in it.
> How do I fix this?
> Thanks in advance. Diana
>
>